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because of politics yeah. you don't want to go through that again. a line tonight in art international i'm amnesty for rioters comes into force in ukraine as the country's opposition coaches up to western politicians security for with munich despite moscow once again warning the against taking sides in the armrests. young children are about to die from a lack of daughter and they threatened us with machine guns there would be the last three at a table and killing us because the first foreign t.v. channel to gain access to the besieged syrian town of andhra after reports of rebels massacring dozens of civilians there including children plus. traditional family values take center stage in france as crowds rally to protest against the policies of francois hollande.
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hello this is the weekly around of the top stories of the last seven days in the news that shape the week with me kevin i win here in r.t. of first and amnesties come into force in ukraine giving rioters in downtown kiev and throughout the country's west fifteen days now the dispersant to leave all government buildings this amid the seeming triumph for the country's opposition from security forum in munich where they scored pledges of more support from washington and the european union meantime russia's foreign minister has called against taking a one sided view in the unrest in ukraine he can offer reports from germany. clearly the west has already taken the side of the protests or so u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that the time has come for you have to decide
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whether it's what one country or what the rest of the world and he added that washington supports the people of ukraine but some have been calling this a one sided approach and criticizing it including russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov. there are some fundamental questions that need to be answered in particular about the situation in ukraine how does fuelling street riots that are becoming more and more violent to promote democracy why is there no condemnation of the besieged even still occupying government buildings were those who burned police officers racist anti-semitic and nazi slogans why do many leading european politicians encourage such actions while any violations of the lord home are dealt with harshly some strong words there from russia's chief diplomat also added joking that next time we meet was mr kerry is going to ask him what grades he had in school asking how many countries this you think are in that group that he called
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the rest of the world. would do discussions in munich both opposition to the kids could ukraine's foreign minister both say the top diplomat blamed the boxer turned politician plea increasingly nationalist violence in the country his park diverted the debate by blaming the violence on police brutality security consultant joiner used to work for the cia and the f.b.i. gave us his thoughts on ukraine's look at the situation. if you are in the situation where i've seen videos of police officers on fire that's a deadly situation and they certainly in the united states would have the legal right to use deadly force in response to that so if a police officer perceives that there's a threat to themselves or somebody else they can respond with pepper spray but tons personal weapons strikes electronic control devices pick the threat rises to the level where they think either they or somebody else are being threatened with death
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or serious bodily harm then they can respond with deadly force i think throughout the history of riots you see if there's not a strong police presence and then the the tag and eyes of the agitators they become emboldened and they become more violent and more aggressive so there needs to be a strong police presence in those circumstances to control the violence. let's take a quick look at the results of the latest poll that shows apparently two thirds ukrainians do not support the all that's engulfed the western regions which goes mostly local ministration offices of he's been stormed a besieged also too many feel the country's probably under the threat of civil war look because of the thirty two percent. pull to see a travel into one of the hotbeds of the rest. this is the regional administration building event notes on cards skin western ukraine where at the till a week ago the regional governor had his office but as you can see just like in key
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if there is now a giant barricade surrounding the building with snow tires and planks of wood radical and and he russian this is the heartland of nationalism where anti on a cosmic sentiment runs deep and that's the way natalia and her comrades want to keep it the twenty nine year old entrepreneur has been here since the building was overthrown she says work can wait this is more important it is supposed to have no president than to have you know called which but with the opposition as fragmented as it is that tully is the first to admit no yana coverage could well mean an alkie whitney bishop along with the problem is that we don't have any person to replace him and we will need to take someone from their position which won't be easy the sentiments blown across central and western ukraine where regional offices are being picketed and seized by protesters i believe that
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a group of writing radicals some wearing masks stormed the municipal building chanting we have the power they used fire extinguishers and wooden sticks against police. in china government demonstrators set up barricades made a vehicle pass and sacks of snow they demanded police in the building was similar scenes played out and she can see where protesters trying to set light to furniture they smashed windows and threw stones at security forces. the anger has moved even further westwards. and sure nuff ski protests descend ukrainian hymns while ignoring the governor's attempts to disperse them. in a van or from coffs those now laying siege to the municipality buildings have forbidden any symbols or sentiments of the ruling party. they claim it goes against the will of the ukrainian people no one knows where the head of the administration is there are parts of this building that are still functioning for example the day
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to day running of the city but on a political level everything is come to a standstill all this process might. lead to door division of the country of course as a result in some arab spring helps in the long term perspective. despite the criticism of many college these protesters have nothing better to offer policia r.t. even a front costs western ukraine. or meantime despite the amnesty thousands gathered in the capital caravan sunday for mass and to give the relatives the pictures in from there earlier on and fresh from munich security forum boxer turned politician vitaly klitschko was addressing the crowds again as you can see there but more of the unrest in ukraine at r.t. dot com we're following it closely. it's been over
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a month now since reports emerged that hardline syrian rebels have captured the town of just outside damascus dozens of civilians were allegedly slaughtered thousands displaced the rebels still occupy key parts of the town making it hard to verify information coming in from the air but parties where from her crew were the first foreign journalist to make it inside and try to speak to the survivors. is just a twenty minute drive from damascus but the highway runs through an area firmly under rebel control so instead we take a newly created pass driving through high mounds of sand and piles of old tires the army uses to shield its convoys from attacks it's maybe longer but it's a safer route. where the first foray into vickery to get this close to are dry after the siege began a month ago it's still not clear exactly what happened and they said industrial city last december back then reports emerged of numerous killings and violence
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after our daughter was attacked by militants belonging to al-qaeda linked groups and the free syrian army. they stormed into the city and they kept the civilians in their buildings using them as human shields which made our mission very difficult this is why it takes so long we want to avoid civilian losses. to reported allegations the dozens of civilians had been executed that people were beheaded and burned in over ins and one claimed the doctors and patients were killed in a clinic which revelled to address hoping to verify these reports but there is still no way of getting into the besieged areas of the town to confirm if any of that actually happened we got as close as the army can they're actually to the old town admiral blood and the work is house and complex nearby a drama lear both are now besieged by people looking for love and other maybe some bankers here to separate other are below and that room earlier and to prevent the
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militants uniting these corridors go all around the besieged cities with the army watching the area day and night. this is one of the checkpoints of the syrian army behind this wall is territory held by militants and the soldiers' strategy and mission right now is just to watch this area and to shoot if they see the enemy approaching. and this is actually all they can do for any military operation could threaten the lives of those who remain hostage and was no access inside it's impossible to tell just how many the are but luckily most of the residents managed to escape address we meet some of them two kilometers away they shelter around what used to be a large summons factory but in this hotel's me he doesn't go to school anymore but this place because a terrorist attack this hit and we had to skate they occupied and we cannot go
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there their rooms are blocked he says his father is a government employee this is why it is dangerous for his family to stay we ask where they live now. he has mother appear from the darkness of a room barely ten square meters in a silence everything what is happening is wrong there was no need for any of this see where we are now what degree we have reached now it's a question that many here are asking because these children haven't seen their mother for a month already seriously ill she couldn't get her medicine due to the siege with her condition deteriorating she was sent to a hospital far from her family. and. we were living in peace and now where are we i wish peace would come back to all of syria. a month later it's still not clear exactly what happened in our drama most of those we talked to here in this camp
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fled before the militants arrived but occasionally we meet some who didn't escape so quickly and alone and up they were looking for anybody serving in the syrian army and also the virus so the syrian soldiers beheaded at the sewage system. we were in a group of about twenty people they were beating us three at a time and killing us i saw with my own eyes people stole and i still see them in my nightmares. that are like this sort of drinking water and they prevented the bakery from working for us and young children are about to die from a lack of water and they threatened us with machine guns. are drawn once an important industrial and peaceful city has become yet another syrian battleground for weary forces whose three year long confrontation has left well in excess of one hundred thousand dead and millions displaced and yet it's another place where no side looks able to will and it's the ordinary syrian people left to pay the price.
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see from our drive in syria. more developments on the political from the turning and from anywhere now the syrian foreign minister says the government will not be negotiating directly with the opposition of the next round of peace talks in geneva studio starts in a week's time that decision was made after u.s. secretary of state john kerry insisted the president must be excluded from the transitional government syrian political activist our work of told me that america's reaction here was only to be expected. the u.s. congress has looted during the negotiations to arm the rebels there is a long. answer for ows represent the umbrella that they came under which is the syrian national coalition the syrian government is desperately trying to negotiate with someone who could have some powers to you know hold due to their work and their agreement what about the threat from washington they would use force of syria failed to get rid of its chemical stockpiles by the summer there are some pretty cool reasons why this is happening you know i know from friends and family
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that whoever travels along that route between damascus and other will who are southward there are certain segments of the road where they have to drive closer to like a hundred miles an hour or under sixty can orders an hour because of fear of sniper . shots from a moderate opposition so if you want to move military grade equipment and vehicles into that through the day they have to be moved you know much lower than that they would be vulnerable especially if they're carrying you know chemical. warfare material that was that was used also questions the commitment and the you know the american position and whether they went into this agreement in good faith or not because they might seem to be using this agreement to punish is a ruse rather than using this agreement to get rid of the chemical war. tens of thousands of people running in paris and also in the city of leo on the latest wave of demonstrations for traditional family values i think peter all of us
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in the french capital. well on sunday paris saw the latest wave of discontent to sweep across france as we saw thousands upon thousands of people come out onto the streets vent their anger at what they see as the erosion of traditional family values in the country is being particularly anger toward suggestions that france could legalize homosexual marriage also that it could do laws could be brought in that would see that it's the gay and lesbian couples either adopt or conceive children to i.d.f. treatment they say that that's isn't what the traditional family is about and that's why they've been coming out here and telling me that they want to get the french government in particular france warland the president to hear their anger their government is very firm. in this matter i mean they don't want to go but there are many many people who just want to the right of children and they just don't care and that's is this is even more serious for
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a long time his personal popularity well that is it an all time low and he's currently seems the the most unpopular french president in recent memory and what that seeing is more were more people coming out onto the streets to vent their anger against all odds and against the rules that he's trying to impose on them that they say infringes upon traditional family values here. they are all of i want to say some popularity that the government's been trying to divert the public attentions from that so been hearing from freelance journalist and former editor of the french news newspaper robot harness. to seize an issue to use to divert the race to distract attention from his own popularity you want to get see oppression of the ministries each year is actually looking at these issues but he clearly it's true there is an i suppose about one says the population who do feel very strongly about this we talked about this a year ago at that time i said there is the set of the population who will not not let go on this subject and hold the government issues that all they will push back
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to the background there is the which is expiring them to try all of it or if you like the she's not a t.v. she's even savior of a family was a pair of children this is the fight for the suffragists family. robot hand as they speak them a bit earlier all coming up this testing the ice for the future world records our correspondent joins the stuff in sochi sleeves skating every night to make sure the surfaces for the upcoming races for gold are as smooth as smooth as can be. so.
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this is a media lido so we leave the media. push to suit your. place your party visible . pursues that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only on r t. hello gang could have you with us just
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a matter of days to go the now till breathtaking sprints probably false starts and also photo finishes as well on the ice is time to get our skates on them for another look at what the twenty fourteen winter olympics has got to offer. to say. we've just arrived here at the adler skating center this is where the speed skating competitions during the twenty fourteen winter olympic games is going to be taking place now we've been invited inside to actually take a look at the four hundred meters in length the skating rink it's very important that this rink be maintained properly particularly for the skaters and they going to show us how they do that so let's go and see it. as you can see it's spectacular on the outside but the real beauty is how it works on the inside no expense was spared in the creation of the venue at the olympic park and you can certainly see where the money went
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a crystal face is reflected by and you know walls and triangular stained glass windows the gray and white color of the building in hans's this impression even the facade is transparent so the spectators inside the arena can see out the focus of the arena doesn't disappoint with leading sports men and women coming forward to places. it features to competition tracks and one training track all designed to provide the best possible performance for after. the quality of ice can make a huge difference in winning that goal and at adler quality is a main priority with optional michael climatic conditions a world class surface but it's just a limp. every forty five minutes will have to bring. on machines and bring them on the circuit. around on the floor one hundred meters
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obviously it's very important that they do this because they'll be a leveling up ice rink as well as making pasta all week a limb pins will be skating. close on the machine is free to. well that everybody five minutes to get things so that is what can have a much. faster. it's going to be all about. the and more steve and the atlas and sochi is ready. elliptic park in sochi what's. going to be cracking isn't it you get more of a tour of the olympic park at arc dot com a website make sure this too if you can win those games get go able to bring a special coverage throw all of that. sort she twenty forty.
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in. the u.s. and e.u. sanctions will continue to burden the economy of iran that's the message from u.s. secretary of state john kerry at a meeting with the reigning counterpart on the sidelines of the munich security conference washington and brussels lifted some of the restrictions under an interim deal reached in november in exchange for to round scaling down need for enrichment but now kerry's reaffirmed that the remaining sanctions are there to stay political scientist used to be an advisor to round this negotiating team on nuclear issues told me the comments do more harm than good. this may well backfire on the moderate rouhani administration in iran as well which is under scrutiny by the rain and hard
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liners and mr kerry's pressure tactics which is part of these two prong coercive diplomacy the other problem being rising military threats and this very dangerous. threat that we saw in president obama's state of the union address israeli consul put duct tape and it poisons the environment for the coming talks they brought iran to the table by pressure and they need to escalate that pressure in a day to gain maximum concessions and secretary of state kerry has been referring to dismantling aspects of the renia nuclear program which is contrary to the content of the geneva agreement and flatly rejected by. they're my major words zero retha so i think the us is intention is to go beyond the terms of the geneva agreement table new demand the agreement tabled its two prong pressure tactics
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also making headlines this the iraqi army stepped up its bombardment of the city of fallujah reportedly ahead of a full on ground offensive the city was seized by al-qaeda linked militants in early january and it's been under intensive shelling for days the government's been holding off on sending in troops so far to give local tribesmen time to oust the rebels security in iraq spin on a downward slope ever since the us led invasion in two thousand and three with almost eight thousand people killed in sectarian violence last year alone. chris these pictures coming in from athens there scuffles between police and anti fascist protesters enraged by gathering of right wing golden dawn party supporters officers used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd there were several arrests after leftist rioters a tractor man carrying a flag the goal of the rally was commemorating the deaths of three navy officers which greece and turkey to the brink of war in one thousand nine hundred six.
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update for you from thailand there the electoral commission says it's unable to announce the results of the nationwide vote it's been carried out after the government protest is forced the closure of thousands of polling stations they disrupted the delivery of ballot papers and set up blockades the early general election comes after months of protests calling for the prime minister to pave the way for far reaching critical reforms where mice were spotted fears that she was trying to force through an amnesty law to let her exiled brother back and. i always played a catch up with online from us as well r.t. dot com where now holidaymakers on the beach is a spade may soon have to get used to a rather ominous silhouette on the horizon if you want to read it more about someone it's after another said the ballistic missile defense destroyer to the area this is course not. welcome but moscow it warned of a counter move you would read all about that you can talking about maybe developing for a long time iran says the u.k. arms manufacturers seep in compensation of over half
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a million dollars you can follow what's gone wrong when it was all about nine hundred seventy s. at r.t. dot com. a dutch court has given internet freedom activists reason to celebrate this week of rule to restore users access to an online file sharing service the pirate bay the hague appeals court has reversed a twenty eleven decision to block access to the website stating that the ban didn't help to reduce copyright infringement of the day but in economist said ted rall believes it's almost impossible to defend property rights in this high tech era these days anybody tries to regulate the internet at this point seems to be failing it's a very interesting case though because it seems to rely on the concept the legal concept of arbitrary and capricious notes in other words the law the which applied specifically to this site would be which should apply to all sites obviously and if they were only going after this one and effectively
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a what's the point then it's unfair but you know there's obviously broader implications of such as intellectual property rights the motivation of for example movie studios creative people cartoonists and writers those kinds of people have to be able to earn a living so it's you know it's an interesting balance between internet freedom and the fact that digitization has made it very difficult for copyright holders to enforce those rights. thanks but he's not done such with this interview for a couple of weeks so join our coverage then next though tonight from moscow with thomas and bring you more international news continue in about thirty five minutes time off the break the most dramatic stories meet the side of the us mexico border you're watching the international.
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the first recreational marijuana shops are now open in colorado finally the question of what effect legal marijuana will have on the american public can be answered with real world experience you know there are a lot of people out there with strong arguments as to why we should legalize this controversial play it firstly there are plenty of things just as bad for us as marijuana or worse like beer cigarettes anti-depressants and mystery fast food meats which are totally legal secondly young men are often thrown in jail for the absolutely victimless crime of smoking marijuana i could see punishing someone for drugs like crystal meth which can and do turn people into maniacs but have any of you out there ever heard of someone breaking into people's houses on a we ramp age no no you haven't the downside to all of this is that across america the world people are looking for change and they want the message store rise but when the masses are stoned out of their minds it makes things in life that we
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shouldn't tolerate become very tolerable we now call allow us to make it through another day of our miserable lives so that we can live without going through all that effort of trying to make things better or challenge the system legalizing weed will just pacify the masses even more but that's just my opinion.
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